ZIP 58075 vs ZIP 58041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58075 (Wahpeton, ND) and ZIP 58041 (Hankinson, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58075 has a population of 9,276 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 58041 has 1,545 at 3 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 58075 reports a median household income of $68,537 against $85,368 in ZIP 58041, with per-capita income of $38,621 vs $42,298. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.9% in 58075 and 17.6% in 58041. Poverty rate reads 13.2% vs 5.3%, and unemployment 1.0% vs 3.9% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $184,400 in 58075 versus $162,900 in 58041, with median rent of $751 and $458 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 52.7% vs 88.9%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.